I just enabled the Categories module (and category_menu, category_display, and category_legacy) to check it out. I went to Categories and added 3 Containers, making one of them parents of the others. Then I wanted to look into adding an existing Book to one of the Containers. I went to my standard drupal/book location and it says "Page not found". I went directly to the node for another Book I have, and ALL of the pages and comments are missing!
I tried to disable the Categories module, but it won't let me! (the checkbox is checked, but disabled from selection)
HELP PLEASE!!! Have I lost everything? is there a way to recover? I've never chosen the Modules "Uninstall" option, and quite frankly I'm afraid to do anything at this point. This is happening on a used/live system. yowch! Can someone help me, please?!
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This is exactly why its best to test new modules out in a test environment before deploying them on a production site.
you should consider reverting to a back up that you should have made previous to installing the category.module
I ordinarily do, but the
I ordinarily do, but the test system was unavailable (hardware failure). :(
This is the first module I've installed that's caused me serious problems.
your content is probably still in the database
I had trouble with the Category module, also. It does not seem to be ready for use on live sites.
I am guessing that all of the book and comment content is still in your database, and not actually lost. (If you can verify that, you'll probably feel better.) If that is the case, then you will obviously want to back up your database before proceeding. Then, make sure you've disabled the book and taxonomy modules and try disabling the Category module again. If that doesn't work, I hope more experienced drupal people will chime in here! Good luck!
I did just look quickly and
I did just look quickly and found the missing Book comments in the Comments table, so that's good (I guess). Now I just need to be able to get to them. :)
I methodically disabled modules to the point that I was able to disable the Category module -- but now I am can't re-enable Taxonomy, Forum, Comments, Book, etc. because it says they depend on Category.
Thanks for getting me this far, but I'm definitely over my head on what to try next. I'm hoping more experienced people will chime in too!
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Is the key for me to figure out how to set those modules so they don't think there is a Category dependency anymore? I don't know how/where to do that.
Thank you cygrapher!!!! You
Thank you cygrapher!!!! You got me thinking in the right direction!!!
I went into the categories module directory, found a wrappers directory, and realized that they had replaced the system core 'book' and 'taxomony' modules with their own! I replaced the originals (that they had saved) and I'm COMPLETELY BACK IN BUSINESS!
Thanks again! :)
Good news!
I am very glad you solved the issue. I wonder if there is a way to post an official "proceed with extra caution" notice on the Category module...